Week 8: July 18 – July 24

DC Adventures

Monday

Fort Reno: The NRIs, The Gift, The Union of Sgt. Teddy
Event Type: Concert in the Park
Location: Fort Reno Park (3800 Donaldson Place Northwest, Washington, DC)
Time: 7:15 PM – 9:30 PM
Cost: FREE

Vertigo
Event Type: Hitchcock says don’t look down
Location: The National Theatre (1321 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: FREE, Tickets required

Wednesday

Kiu Haghighi & Tooraj Moshref-Zadeh
Event Type: The sounds of Persia
Location: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Science in the Cinema Film and Discussion Series: The King’s Speech
Event Type: The Science of Stuttering
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center (8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring MD)
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Cost: FREE, Tickets required (tickets distributed 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM)

Thursday

Music, Kandinsky, and the K Series
Event Type: Gallery Talk and Tour, the musical influence on the works of Kandinsky and StellaL
ocation: The Phillips Collection (1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC)
Time: 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Cost: $12.00

Friday

Elikeh
Event Type: Afro Funk Jazz
Location: National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (National Mall at 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW)
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Saturday

Asian Festival (thru July 24)
Event Type: More than just rice
Location: George Mason University Main Campus (4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA)
Time: SAT 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM, SUN 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Special Event Hosted by Yours Truly: Sunday, July 24, 2011

Sunset + Music 2011: Assemblage
Event Type: The sound of the Sunset in DC
Location: Constitution Gardens (56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial)
Time: 8:10 PM
Cost: FREE
** The back-story: http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/20032.html**

NYC Adventures

Monday

Spanglish Fly
Event Type: The sounds of 1960s Spanish Harlem
Location: Barbes (376 9th St., Brooklyn)
Time: 9:30 PM
Cost: $10.00

Portraits in Dramatic Time: A Special Symposium
Event Type: A breakdown of facial expressions
Location: Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Amsterdam Avenue between West 62nd and West 65th Streets)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Tuesday
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
Event Type: The Met’s taken it to the streets
Location: Crotona Park, Bronx (Fulton Avenue, Crotona Park North, South, East)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Thursday

West Side Story Dance- & Sing-Along
Event Type: Sharks v. Jets, which gang do you belong to?
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Balkan Beat Box
Event Type: Classic good times with a Balkan flare
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY)
Time: 6:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show
Cost: $12.00

Setting the Stage: the RSC in The Greene Space – The Actors
Event Type: Inside the Actors Studio RSC style
Location: Greene Space (44 Charlton Street, on the corner of Charlton and Varick)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE, Tickets required

Saturday

Let’s Fly a Kite
Event Type: Free kites for a little fun in the sun on the island
Location: Governors Island, Parade Grounds
Time: 11:00 AM
Cost: FREE